Coyote Ugly Belly Dancing!

Saturday night I worked at Mirage... it started off slow then really picked up as up can see in the pic above... the cute little Arabic dude is getting ready to do one of his many "money showers"!
I really love it when they do that!

After I had got done dancing me n' The Bald Man were hanging out at the bar enjoying a glass of wine and a hookah.

There had been a Arab-American dinner event in town that night and a couple of the band members had come in the restaurant with some of my favorite local Arabic customers...

They came over to the bar and asked me if I would put my costume back on and dance for them.... I really didn't want to... but these guys are very good costumers... and very good tippers!!! I gave him my price... he handed over the cash... so by 2am I was in costume and dancing for the locals and the guys from Detroit!

The guys (and the girl!) decided I should dance on the table... I protest,,, not because I'm uptight about it... I don't care to.... there are many restaurants where the bellydancers always get up and dance on the table , like Taverna Planka in ATL... but their tables are made for people to dance on top of! These are not!!!

So... this is about 3am... they're clapping, trying to get me up on this table!

And they have been tipping me very, very generously... on top of what he paid up front... which wasn't a real low price....

One of the Arabic dudes jumps up on the table and shows me its ok... it won't break.... the girl with them, who always so sweet, holds the table for me...

And yep! here I am on the table... feeling like I'm at a Turkish or Greek restaurant instead of Arabic!!!

And kinda feeling all Coyote Ugly... but in a better outfit....

hahaha! I was up there maybe a minute! I see the Bald Man laughing at me!

The Arabic dude helps me down... they are happy.... and they tip some more....

3:30.... last dance!!! I am done for the night.

All day Sunday I am beat! I haven't danced that much since I worked at the posh Imperial Fez in Atlanta... when I was like 25!

Thanks to Coyote Ugly Belly Dancing and these party time Arabic people I have earned quite enough spending money for the Atlanta Sewing Expo trip me and my mom are leaving for on Wed! So the Bald Man is VERY happy... his credit cards are safe for this trip!

Tunisian and Tapestry crochet on the hooks

It seems that no matter what or how many projects I have going one is always Tunisian and one is always a tapestry or fair isle type with color changes or pictures. I love this tapestry handbag. It’s going to be The perfect bag for October!! The pattern was included in a booklet that cane with a Simply Crochet magazine from the UK. It’s eating a lot of yarn so Caron one pound yarn is perfect! Cause there’s a lot of it and it’s an easy care for acrylic. Handbags tend to get thrown around a lot so washable with all this white is super important when I was choosing a yarn. I’ll be adding a liner too. And pockets .. I can not have a bag without inside pockets! For oh so long I’ve wanted to try the double hook Tunisian technique. I have Lily Chins dvd on it but she’s way over my head at this point! This simple pattern is in Interweave crochet magazine fall 2018. Great pattern to get started with! The Bavarian blanket is still on a hook and will be a long time because ...

A Great Weekend!

The Bald Man and I had a fantastic weekend! Friday we just kinda hung around the house.. watched a movie. Saturday was 'going out' night! We went couple of places and then ended up at the Mirage. Its been awhile since I've been there but we told Rach we would come see her dance. Here she is to the right in a bra and belt I made which looks great on her!! I hate to say it but I really don't like watching bellydancers after all the years of dancing myself and watching them. I find it boring... unless the dancer has what I call the "it" factor. Let me tell ya! Rach has the "it" factor! She sparkles and grows when she dances. Most people can learn to dance... but not everyone shines when they do it. I'll be back to see Rach dance again! Below we have a pic of Capt. Bald Man! Yesterday we took one of the boats out for a joy ride on Lake Loudon. We had fun... and some surprises along the way!! It was a beautiful day to be on the lake!!! Next Sunda...

New Machine!!! and getting organized!

Here's my new baby... The babylock cover stitch machine!!! It runs quite, sews like a dream... For those of you who follow my blog you know I have the Babylock Evolve which has cover stitch abilities.. but I have to convert it.. and I'm lazy. I sew ALOT of knits!! So with the money I made off of a couple of costumes I bought this! And its love!!!! Adding a new machine means re-organizing my sewing rooms to make it work... so my stash got re organized too... check out how neat it looks now!! Actually we're re organizing alot of the rooms in our house... here's the Bald Man in his new office! LOL!!! You can't even walk in there! Also.. I joined the Sew Craft Blog ! I'm in group three and looking forward to meeting new seamstresses and fiber artists!

Handworks Crochet and then Some!

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